. The natural history of plants. Botany. LEOUMINOS^-PAFILIONACE^. 227 little lateral bractlets, themselves rarely persistent. Some sixty species of Tounatea are known,' grouped by the most recent authors into five sections^ based on the form and dehiscence of the calyx, the form of the vexillary petal, and that of the stamens, especially as regards the anthers. Near Tounatea have been placed four genera, distinguished from it chiefly by the following characters. Aldina (figs. 205, 206) has the flowers of Tounatea, but with a nearly regular corolla of flve or six segments. Hence it might perhap
. The natural history of plants. Botany. LEOUMINOS^-PAFILIONACE^. 227 little lateral bractlets, themselves rarely persistent. Some sixty species of Tounatea are known,' grouped by the most recent authors into five sections^ based on the form and dehiscence of the calyx, the form of the vexillary petal, and that of the stamens, especially as regards the anthers. Near Tounatea have been placed four genera, distinguished from it chiefly by the following characters. Aldina (figs. 205, 206) has the flowers of Tounatea, but with a nearly regular corolla of flve or six segments. Hence it might perhaps be better to take this genus rather than Tounatea as the type of the section; its receptacle is Aldina Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.
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